Indigenous Protector Movement

Indigenous Protector Movement Indigenous led action, advocacy and community building based in South Minneapolis 📍

The Indigenous Protector Movement (IPM) is dedicated to protecting Indigenous lands and communities through direct action, advocacy, and community building. Our Goals are to heal generational trauma through culture, connection, and community support; support sobriety and recovery, walking with our relatives on their healing journey; and empower our people with purpose and meaningful roles in rebuilding strong, sovereign communities.

05/22/2026

Reparations in Action: Land Donation Agreement Signing, Ceremony and Celebration
Friday, May 22 from 1-3pm

2322/2320 Elliot Avenue, Minneapolis 55404
Hosted by Indigenous Protector Movement and Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church

On Friday, May 22, join Indigenous Protector Movement (IPM) and Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church (OSLC) to witness and celebrate reparations in action. After years of visioning and planning, IPM and OSLC will sign a land donation agreement together that will set in motion OSLC’s transfer of 2322/2320 Elliot Avenue to IPM as an act of repair and healing to Native American and Indigenous communities. The property transfer date is set for October 1, 2026.

Here is an overview of the event:

1pm - Welcome and Ceremony facilitated by Sharon Day
1:30pm - Press Conference hosted by Indigenous Protector Movement and Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church. Speaker List below…
Rachel Dionne-Thunder
Pastor Martha Bardwell
Travis Earth-Werner(MUID Co-chair)

2-3pm - Light Refreshments and Screen Printing - Please bring something to screen print on! Courtney Cochran will be printing a unique screen print to mark this occasion on site.

This event is part of American Indian Month which is coordinated by MUID. We are hoping this event will be a catalyst for other reparative and healing actions around the city, state and nation.

Free Parking is available in the Hope Academy parking ramp. The arms will be up from 12:30 - 4pm. The ramp entrance is located at the corner of Park Ave. and 24th St.

Tonight the Women’s Warrior Society gathers again in community, protection, healing, and sisterhood at the IPM office. ❤...
05/19/2026

Tonight the Women’s Warrior Society gathers again in community, protection, healing, and sisterhood at the IPM office. ❤️🖤
Join us this evening for connection, conversation, and community care with Native women and relatives working to keep our people strong. Whether you’ve been coming for a while or this is your first time, you are welcome here.
And as always, Mukwa is holding us down with food tonight, tater tot hotdish will be served. 🍽️
Come eat, laugh, learn, organize, and build together.
📍 IPM Office
🕔 Tonight | Women’s Warrior Society
🍴 Dinner provided by Mukwa Roberts
Please remember this is a respectful, substance-free space centered around the safety and wellbeing of our community. Bring a good heart and come as you are.

05/15/2026

Drop the Charges Free the people Heal the Land.
Thanks for joining us at the American Indian Center for our Art Build to support the over 300 people facing charges for daring to defend their neighbors from ICE in Minneapolis and St. Paul.

Hundreds came through and we made over 500 shirts to spread our message to Drop the Charges!

Thank you for coming by the Indigenous Protector Movement Table to Sign the Petition to drop Isa Lopez's Federal charges. One of the over 300 people facing charges for defending her neighbors.

https://www.change.org/p/support-freedom-for-isavela-lopez-in-minneapolis

With your signatures we've reached 2,132 signatures!

Make sure to follow Indigenous Protector Movement on Facebook and Instagram for upcoming events to uplift our community and support each other.

Join us for a day of ceremony, community, and commitment as we gather for the official Land Transfer to Indigenous Stewa...
05/14/2026

Join us for a day of ceremony, community, and commitment as we gather for the official Land Transfer to Indigenous Stewardship through signing of the land donation agreement ⚡️

On May 22nd, Indigenous Protector Movement and Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church will come together to recognize a historic step toward Indigenous-led community stewardship and healing in South Minneapolis. This gathering will include ceremony, a press conference, the signing of the land donation agreement, and community fellowship.
This space will become part of a larger vision rooted in Indigenous leadership, safety, healing, organizing, and long-term community care.
We invite community members, relatives, organizers, faith leaders, media, and supporters to stand with us for this important moment.
📍 2322 Elliot Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55404
📅 May 22nd, 2026
Schedule:
• 1:00 PM — Ceremony facilitated by Sharon Day
• 1:30 PM — Press Conference hosted by IPM & Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church
• 2:00 PM — Signing of Land Donation Agreement
• 2:10 PM — Light refreshments and screen printing by Courtney Cochran
This is about more than property transfer. It is about relationship, responsibility, healing, and building a future where urban Indigenous communities can continue protecting and caring for one another on our own terms.

UPDATE: We are restocked on shirts going until 6 pm! 🔥 Bring your own shirt, hoodie, scarf, bag or whatever you want pri...
05/12/2026

UPDATE: We are restocked on shirts going until 6 pm! 🔥 Bring your own shirt, hoodie, scarf, bag or whatever you want printed!

Come through at the Indian Center for free screen printing! T-shirt’s provided while supplies last or bring your own ite...
05/12/2026

Come through at the Indian Center for free screen printing! T-shirt’s provided while supplies last or bring your own item to print 🔥 Here until 6 pm ⚡️

Join Indigenous Protector Movement https://www.facebook.com/share/1G2bAZ1QuE/ at the Minneapolis American Indian Center ...
05/08/2026

Join Indigenous Protector Movement https://www.facebook.com/share/1G2bAZ1QuE/ at the Minneapolis American Indian Center to screen print Drop the Charges Free the People Heal the Land.

Screen printing led by Artist Courtney Cochran

📍1530 E Franklin Ave, Minneapolis American Indian Center
🕔 10am-6pm
🗓 Tuesday, May 12.

Help make our demands clear drop all the charges on our relatives targeted and arrested for supporting their neighbors.

Learn more about Isa Lopez's case: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13wOiPmPT_-hRvUPv5Lqn7N-WXeL79qg5-kV0luGQ3gI/edit?usp=sharing

Shirts available while supplies last.

Bring an Item to Screen print

Be ready to Make Art, Build Relationships and check in with each other.

05/05/2026

Thankful we were able to join Minnesota's Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Office to honor those claimed by the MMIR epidemic, speak their names, and be together with families and loves ones on National Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Day.

https://www.youtube.com/live/RUn74xoGhzw

Update from Pe’ Sla Protectors Camp: It’s another beautiful morning at the Pe ‘Sla Protectors Camp. We got some tipis se...
05/02/2026

Update from Pe’ Sla Protectors Camp: It’s another beautiful morning at the Pe ‘Sla Protectors Camp. We got some tipis set up and good food in our bellies. Our spirits are high from being on our land, all the support we are receiving, and this opportunity to protect Unci Maka and Pe’Sla for future generations.

Yesterday three law enforcement officers approached the camp and issued a warning for trespassing on our own land. We know these laws the are trying to enforce are not applied equally as the USFS violates their own memorandum by permitting this drilling project to Pete Lien & Sons in the first place.

Two drills and drill pads remain shut down by our collective ceremony. Yet still we know Pete Lien & Sons continue to prepare to drill on at least one of the other 16 sites in the area.

We continue to hold ceremony and pray for Pe’ Sla and that the courts uphold our treaty rights and halt this drilling project immediately.

Ways you can help protect Pe’ Sla:

➡️ Connect with groups in Rapid City who are organizing protests against this project: Black Hills Clean Water Alliance International Indigenous Youth Council International Indigenous Youth Council-Oglala Lakota Chapter

✍🏾 Sign our petition: https://ndnco.cc/protectpesla.

➡️ Add your organization, coalition, or Tribe name (no individuals) to this sign on letter: https://ndnco.cc/signtosavepesla

🪶 Donate: https://donate.ndncollective.org/campaign/795725/donate

🎥 Stay tuned, we will be going LIVE and provide updates in the coming days.

👩🏽‍⚖️ The hearing will be held on Monday *May 4th at 3 pm MT at the *Federal Courthouse in Rapid City. Show your support and attend the courthouse.

📍Supplies can be dropped off at Wambaliska at the Woyatan Lutheran Church. For inquiries call NDN HQ at +1 (605) 791-3999

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1113 East Franklin Avenue Suite 200B
Minneapolis, MN
55404

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